times books april 1981 (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Good. Moderate wear. May have minor sticker residue or marks or writing. Our service is second to no other seller because we use easy to remove inventory tags and try to ship every day so your book arrives quicker! As a small independent book store in the Midwest we thank you for the support. Satisfaction guaranteed in all transactions. Let us know what we can do to help!

black ½ cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. faint spot on foredge. contents clean. text free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. crease on front. 2" tear front flap edge. chipping at spine top, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. 7th printing. xiii+463p. b&w photo illustrations. appendix. dramatis personae. index. biography. american history. true crime. organized crime. conspiracy theory. secret societies. ~ As a "made guy" in La Cosa Nostra, Jimmy Fratianno knew their best~kept secrets. A soldier, capo, and ex~boss of the Los Angeles family, involved at the highest levels with bookmaking, gambling, union racketeering, extortion, pornography, and virtually every criminal activity to which organized crime is linked, Fratianno also earned the reputation as the Mafia's top killer in California. Fratianno became the highest~ranking Mafioso ever to "turn" and in the past two years his testimony, in courtrooms across the nation, has been making sensational headlines. A veteran investigative reporter and bestselling author, Ovid Demaris had the unprecedented opportunity to debrief Fratianno in order to write this book. Demaris also had access to wiretaps, surveillance reports, prison and court records. The result is the most important work to date on organized crime in America~a disturbing, yet extraordinary and vivid life story that makes the other "insider" stories of the Mafia look like tales of innocence. The Last Mafioso details eleven murders Fratianno was personally involved in, and relates Fratianno's inside knowledge of some two dozen others, including the slayings of Bugsy Siegel, Nick Dejohn, Albert Anastasia, Jimmy Hoffa, Sam Giancana, Johnny Roselli, and Tamara Rand. Fratianno was a confidant of Johnny Roselli, so Demaris tells the real story of Operation Mongoose, the CIA~Mafia plot to assassinate Castro. Here also are the behind~the~scenes deals and machinations of the Mafia in Las Vegas. Fratianno's life was not spent entirely with his criminal friends, although The Last Mafioso records the secret lives of virtually all the important Mafiosi of the last thirty years, Fratianno moved perpetually in exotic circles, a man of inexhaustible energy, an ingenious schemer and scammer, an insatiable womanizer and socializer who was quick to ingratiate himself with Mafia royalty, Hollywood celebrities, politicians, prominent lawyers, successful businessmen and Teamster officials. In The Last Mafiosos there are countless episodes with the likes of Frank Sinatra and ex~San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto. In The Last Mafioso Ovid Demaris does not veil the underworld in the false romanticism of The Godfather. Instead he portrays this brutal, complex world with a veracity and detail never before possible. Truly, this book will forever alter your thinking about what life is really like in La Cosa Nostra.